bomb shelter
Example Sentences
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In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
On Monday she relocated to the home of a teammate because she said the bomb shelter she had been using was tiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
The TUV representative posted photos of the delegation's visit to "a school for gifted youngsters", adding their classroom was "a bomb shelter".
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
The crews were never told what they were building, or why it needed so many urinals, but it was obviously some kind of bomb shelter.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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